Table 3.
Clusters variability of major essential oil constituents (>2%) in essential oil of lavender and lavandin species with storage hours.
| Essential Oil Constituents | Lavandula Species | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. angustifolia | L. × intermedia | ||||||
| Cluster I | Cluster II | Cluster III | Cluster IV | Cluster I | Cluster II | Cluster III | |
| 3-octanone | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| (Z)-β-ocimene | 3.3 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.6 | 23.6 |
| Linalool | 41.9 | 45.0 | 35.1 | 40.0 | 38.0 | 33.0 | 63.5 |
| Isophorone | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 0.0 |
| Terpinen-4-ol | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 14.6 |
| Cryptone | 2.6 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| Linalyl propionate | 5.4 | 9.9 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 16.9 | 21.9 | 17.6 |
| Linalyl acetate | 0.6 | 1.5 | 34.2 | 17.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 36.2 |
| Lavandulyl acetate | 30.8 | 14.7 | 3.6 | 9.1 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 6.8 |
| Neryl acetate | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Caryophyllene | 2.9 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |